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WAR EAGLE! Today is the day that we all wait for.  It comes once a year.  Every year.  It is all down to this.  And NOTHING else matters. IRON BOWL DAY! Beat Bama! I grew up in Auburn.  I was moved there in the fall of 1962 when my dad became a professor in the School of Engineering.  We lived across from Magnolia Dormitory, right in between the Day Boarding House and Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Nixon's home.    Bodie Hinton was the director of the Auburn Marching Band.  Ralph Brown Draughon was the President.  Jimmy Sidle was the quarterback...

'Tis Thanksgiving Week!And given that, we'll be hearing lots more stories about the new TSA passenger searches and screenings.Renewed bailout and financial worries grip Europe,and back home 0 seems determined to get the START treaty thru the lameduck session of Congress.

1. Utah ... national champion?! Why not? I still don't believe this is the best team in America, but without a playoff, it's all about the résumé. This wasn't a fluky win and this wasn't a case of Alabama coming out flat. Utah straight-up whipped the Tide on both sides of the ball, and remember, this was against a team that was No. 1 for most of the year and was a quarter away from playing for the national title. This was a great, great 'Bama team, and Utah beat it like a drum. This isn't 1984 BYU; that Cougars...